Mehriban Aliyeva

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Mehriban Aliyeva
Mehriban Əliyeva
Aliyeva in 2021
1st Vice President of Azerbaijan
Assumed office
21 February 2017
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byPosition established
First Lady of Azerbaijan
Current
Assumed role
31 October 2003
PresidentIlham Aliyev
Preceded byHalima Aliyeva (1993)
Deputy Leader of the New Azerbaijan Party
Assumed office
7 June 2013
LeaderIlham Aliyev
Preceded byPosition established
Personal details
Born
Mehriban Arif qızı Paşayeva

(1964-08-26) 26 August 1964 (age 59)
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityAzerbaijan
Political partyNew Azerbaijan Party
Spouse(s)
Ilham Aliyev (m. 1983)
ChildrenLeyla
Arzu
Heydar
Alma materAzerbaijan Medical University
Signature
Websitemehriban-aliyeva.az/en

Mehriban Arif qizi Aliyeva (née Pashaeva, Azerbaijani: Mehriban Arif qızı Əliyeva (Paşayeva); born 26 August 1964) is an Azerbaijani physician, ophthalmologist and politician. She is the First Vice President since 2017 and First Lady of Azerbaijan since 2003.

She is also the head of Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the chairperson of Azerbaijani Culture Friends Foundation, the President of Azerbaijani Gymnastics Federation, and the goodwill ambassador of UNESCO and ISESCO.[1]

In 1983, she married Ilham Aliyev. They have three children.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic - PRESIDENT » First Lady". en.president.az.